Layla Obaid Observation #1 October 17, 2016 Maryam School

Grade 3 Period 1 25 sts.

Strengths Needs improvement

Even though only 4 students were engaged
with the opening activity, it was interesting
enough to hold the attention of the entire
class.
Tr encourages sts to speak as they are solving
on the board.
The class is very relaxed and well behaved.
Use of an award system.
The lesson was built on activities.
The final activity had sts communicating with
each other.
In the opening activity there was a word
problem. Tr selected one student to read it,
this could have been done in groups,
engaging more than one st.
Tr repeats all words that the sts say, making
it very tr centered.
Even though sts are encouraged to speak
while solving on the board, tr does not ask
any challenging questions to assess depth of
understanding.
Group activities were actually individual
activities done while sitting in a group.
The pace of the lesson was very slow and laid
back.

Competency Observations
Professionalism: Tr was in the class preparing for the lesson before the sts arrived.

Planning for learning: Lesson plan was completed.

Implementing and Activities were planned and prepared for the students .
managing learning:

Monitoring and The tr walked around while the sts were solving their individual
assessment: problems, but no documentation was seen.

Engages 4 girls at a time for opening activity.

In second activity (word problem) only one st solved. This could easily have been a full class activity
by providing small white boards. During this activity, the sts started losing interest and fidgeting in
their seats.
Groups are of 6 students.
Questioning: mostly the closed end variety.
Student engagement: Was very 1:1 but could easily be done with more active learning.
Assessment: tr did see a fair number of sts solve, but their work was very guided and there was no
documentation .
 Class management: The class was under control the entire time, tr noticed when a group was not on
task and reminded them to pay attention. The final activity became a bit loud with raised voices and
some shouting across the room, but it was due to lack of experience in this type of activity.

Student timed for active learning: Luluwa. 2 minutes while solving her problem and another 2 minutes
for final activity but she then became disengaged and was inspecting a fruit basket on the teachers desk
with 2 other sts.

The lesson ended with the sts walking out .